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‘For the Solace of their Advanced Years’: The Retirement of Monastic Superiors in Late Medieval England

M. Heale

2018.8.4Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies

DOI: 10.1484/j.jmms.5.117962

Abstract

This article explores the retirement of male and female monastic superiors in late medieval England. It examines the practicalities of abbatial retirement, along with attitudes towards resigning an...

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HEALE, M. ‘For the solace of their advanced years’: The retirement of monastic superiors in late medieval england. Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, 2018.